Sound the sirens! Mission Creep!! Blimey - here goes another Vietnam at this rate - what is the strategy and what is the end game here? It seems the tail is wagging the dog? Maybe this is why Cameron wants us out of Afghan so soon - to re-deploy to Libya?
Does this mean that fast air has failed and they need close air support on tap? Remind me; didn't we used to have a very capable fast air CAS platform up until a few months ago? Maybe this is posturing ahead of the next round of cuts
CGS 'Look, we can provide CAS quicker and have greater permanence than Typhoon, therefore fund more AH and ditch the RAF'
Playing devils advocate of course....
